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TL;DR (It's a long post, so why the hell not.)
We came up with the worst smelling food in the world.
Well, there's always the half-rotten fish that you can smell from 10 miles away. They say that during the early summer, when it's the most popular to eat this stuff, you can smell it across the entire country. Even though it's only common in the north-eastern parts. And it's not a pleasant smell. Rather, it stinks. And for some reason we've popularised eating that. Well, in some parts of the country, anyway.
And the entire story/myth about its origins is that it was so horrible we tried to get rid of it by tricking our neighbouring countries to buy it, since we were convinced it was inedible.
I am, of course, talking about this atrocity:
Quote from wikipedia: "A Japanese study has shown that the smell of a newly opened can of surströmming is the most putrid smell of food in the world, beating similar fermented fish dishes such as the Korean Hongeohoe or Japanese Kusaya."
THE. MOST. PUTRID. SMELL. IN. THE. WHOLE. FUCKING. WORLD. Well, as far as things you eat goes, anyway.
More stuff about its smell.
"In 1981 a German landlord evicted a tenant without notice after the tenant spread surströmming brine in the apartment building's staircase. When the landlord was taken to court, the court ruled that the termination was justified when the landlord's party demonstrated their case by opening a can inside the courtroom. The court concluded that it "had convinced itself that the disgusting smell of the fish brine far exceeded the degree that fellow-tenants in the building could be expected to tolerate."
"the biggest challenge when eating surströmming is to vomit only after the first bite, as opposed to before."
So there you have it folks. We came up with the worst smelling food in the world, and subsequently try to force every tourist/immigrant/whoever visits the country, briefly or long-term to try it. Even though the smell can be compared to being locked in a warm, fly-infested room filled with shit and rotten dead animals.
Don't you just have to love us Swedes?
We came up with the worst smelling food in the world.
Well, there's always the half-rotten fish that you can smell from 10 miles away. They say that during the early summer, when it's the most popular to eat this stuff, you can smell it across the entire country. Even though it's only common in the north-eastern parts. And it's not a pleasant smell. Rather, it stinks. And for some reason we've popularised eating that. Well, in some parts of the country, anyway.
And the entire story/myth about its origins is that it was so horrible we tried to get rid of it by tricking our neighbouring countries to buy it, since we were convinced it was inedible.
I am, of course, talking about this atrocity:
Quote from wikipedia: "A Japanese study has shown that the smell of a newly opened can of surströmming is the most putrid smell of food in the world, beating similar fermented fish dishes such as the Korean Hongeohoe or Japanese Kusaya."
THE. MOST. PUTRID. SMELL. IN. THE. WHOLE. FUCKING. WORLD. Well, as far as things you eat goes, anyway.
More stuff about its smell.
"In 1981 a German landlord evicted a tenant without notice after the tenant spread surströmming brine in the apartment building's staircase. When the landlord was taken to court, the court ruled that the termination was justified when the landlord's party demonstrated their case by opening a can inside the courtroom. The court concluded that it "had convinced itself that the disgusting smell of the fish brine far exceeded the degree that fellow-tenants in the building could be expected to tolerate."
"the biggest challenge when eating surströmming is to vomit only after the first bite, as opposed to before."
So there you have it folks. We came up with the worst smelling food in the world, and subsequently try to force every tourist/immigrant/whoever visits the country, briefly or long-term to try it. Even though the smell can be compared to being locked in a warm, fly-infested room filled with shit and rotten dead animals.
Don't you just have to love us Swedes?
That looks pretty detestable. I can only imagine what it smells like D:JLML said:TL;DR (It's a long post, so why the hell not.)
We came up with the worst smelling food in the world.
Well, there's always the half-rotten fish that you can smell from 10 miles away. They say that during the early summer, when it's the most popular to eat this stuff, you can smell it across the entire country. Even though it's only common in the north-eastern parts. And it's not a pleasant smell. Rather, it stinks. And for some reason we've popularised eating that. Well, in some parts of the country, anyway.
And the entire story/myth about its origins is that it was so horrible we tried to get rid of it by tricking our neighbouring countries to buy it, since we were convinced it was inedible.
I am, of course, talking about this atrocity:
Quote from wikipedia: "A Japanese study has shown that the smell of a newly opened can of surströmming is the most putrid smell of food in the world, beating similar fermented fish dishes such as the Korean Hongeohoe or Japanese Kusaya."
THE. MOST. PUTRID. SMELL. IN. THE. WHOLE. FUCKING. WORLD. Well, as far as things you eat goes, anyway.
More stuff about its smell.
"In 1981 a German landlord evicted a tenant without notice after the tenant spread surströmming brine in the apartment building's staircase. When the landlord was taken to court, the court ruled that the termination was justified when the landlord's party demonstrated their case by opening a can inside the courtroom. The court concluded that it "had convinced itself that the disgusting smell of the fish brine far exceeded the degree that fellow-tenants in the building could be expected to tolerate."
"the biggest challenge when eating surströmming is to vomit only after the first bite, as opposed to before."
So there you have it folks. We came up with the worst smelling food in the world, and subsequently try to force every tourist/immigrant/whoever visits the country, briefly or long-term to try it. Even though the smell can be compared to being locked in a warm, fly-infested room filled with shit and rotten dead animals.
Don't you just have to love us Swedes?
I am British...
Everything we have ever done was to shape the world into the Utopia it is today... we have never done anything wrong in our entire past...!*
[sub][sub][sub]*Ignoring all the counts of slavery (well, more the kidnapping of Africans to sell them to Americans), empire building, taxation, border lines, and Elton John of course![/sub][/sub][/sub]
Everything we have ever done was to shape the world into the Utopia it is today... we have never done anything wrong in our entire past...!*
[sub][sub][sub]*Ignoring all the counts of slavery (well, more the kidnapping of Africans to sell them to Americans), empire building, taxation, border lines, and Elton John of course![/sub][/sub][/sub]
Spot1990 said:
Woah, now! We're not any more responsible for Crystal Swing than you are. I blame Ellen DeGeneres.Ninjamedic said:
While as an American I am obligated to choose either destroying Native American culture or slavery, neither of those applies to me and thus I don't really care about them. What does apply to me, however, was the Japanese American concentration camps during WWII (or internment camps if you must). My grandfather shared many stories of that experience.
The worst thing huh? Is that from a national or heritage perspective?Fappy said:Rule: Supply the thread with what you think the worst thing your country did! If you're not from the country you are criticizing you lack the insight that this thread demands! Thank you for your cooperation.
If national, then it's Canada's subjugation of the Aboriginal people, which is something we STILL haven't really grown past. It's really a sad thing to consider that supposedly one of the "nicest" countries on earth is capable of such levels of racism and bigotry even today. I'm just glad I've lived in or near Toronto all my life. Having the first 10 years of my life be in one of the most multicultural cities on planet earth certainly helps broaden one's racial and cultural horizons.
If heritage, umm high suicide rate? Estonia isn't really known for it's bad stuff. Most of the nation's history has been as farmers, with the only notable blips on the event radar being their independence from the USSR as a result of the Baltic Chain, and the invention of Skype. It's not a very malicious or aggressive country.
Zombie ladyparts, basically. It's the most polite way to put it.Fappy said:
Trust me, you can't humanly possibly get drunk enough to withstand it. I'm still waiting for Bofors to find a way to weaponize it.
Speaking of Bofors... They have a tendency to irresponsibly sell weapon systems a bit willy-nilly to anyone who asks, more or less. Perhaps it's a good thing they haven't weaponized surströmming yet, I don't think the world would stand idly by to that atrocity.
Well. . . imagine. . . a waste processing plant. And rotting corpses. Now, combine that with the smell of fish. And then eat it.Fappy said:
Captcha: drag race.
Quite indeed, there would be a massive drag race in the general direction of away from the surströmming.
Or when our troops did nothing during ethnic cleansing in Srebrenica. At least we still have troops feeling utterly guilty about it but still, not our greatest moment. Still sort of peeved that it is not taught in history classes.Evil Raccoon said:
Also: salty liquorice (salmiak). And advocaat. We're sorry about those as well.
I've seen more than two Indians on several occasions. Helps being half native, and thus having some familial ties, though.Fappy said:
Thing is, we didn't really stop there. In the early 1900s, Americans were practicing Eugenics against the Natives before Hitler made it Mainstream. From the mid-fifties on, tribes have faced some rather difficult times being recognised due to new standards that are like the new vote ID laws, except specifically targeting one race. "I'm sorry, but the evidence of your tribe existing that we've accepted for decades no longer counts. Do you have any other form of ID?"
Yeah, America.
